News Updates, 1/29/14

Sudan

- But there are still lots of unresolved tensions
- People are unhappy with Kiir’s government
- Some rebels want to keep fighting
- One local governor interviewed by the BBC thinks the rebels should try to take Juba
*There’s a good infographic with maps that we should look at from this article*

- South Sudan enters first major soccer tournament since it became a country.
- The team will compete in the African Cup in Morocco.

Burma

Refugees protested this week at a camp on the Thai-Burma border, upset that UNHCR uses unfair biases to select who is eligible for third-party resettlement, and who must stay in the camp. Nu Poe camp was founded in 1996 and has a population of roughly 12,600.

Burmese government spokesman claimed that the UN’s statement that 48 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the past month is “unacceptable.” He claimed the reports were false, and meant to hurt the Burmese government’s reputation.

China’s state-owned Chinese Power Investment (CPI) has offered to discuss issues “face to face” with the Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG) after the NGO slammed the Chinese firm’s recent Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report related to the suspended seven-dam project on the Irrawaddy River.